After the Qiraji Empire was destroyed and almost all Qiraji were purified, Silithus Desert became a place that no one paid attention to.
Cenarion Hold, which was once stationed in the desert, also entered a semi-abandoned state after General Staghelm led Shifting Sands Guardian to leave. Some Druid stayed here to monitor changes in the local insect swarm.
Other than that, no one will set foot here easily.
The visit to Star Soul Lands is top-secret information among all races. Trolls and the elves once wanted to send someone to guard it but were rejected by World Mother, which illustrates the principle of hiding one's strength and biding one's time.
A group of beautifully dressed mortals gathered here to perform strange rituals. Any villain with any brain would know that there must be something wrong here.
As for the "The Great Divide" behind Scarab Wall, it has become the most "lonely" place in the world.
But today, we have a "visitor" here.
A golden light fell from the sky, and in the echo of the ethereal Holy Song, Anveena appeared in the posture of "A Piao", wrapped in a wisp of Holy Light, followed by her "mentor".
One person and one ghost stood on the edge of the rift valley, looking at the terrain below that had been completely changed by the battle.
"There's something else down there!"
Anveena turned back to the six-meter-tall giant Eredar and said:
"The bugs didn't give up here, they built a new nest below."
"Well, after losing the leadership of the insect people, Qiraji Swarm ushered in a split. The insect swarms under the quicksand were fighting brutally with each other, trying to seize the throne of Swarm Mind."
Diakum explained:
"But they will eventually become your "minions"."
"Ah?"
Sunwell female ghost blinked her eyes and said:
"Are the "bugs" you said you wanted to give me the same group of Qiraji? I admit that their reproductive capacity is amazing, but their combat effectiveness is a bit inferior, right? Their master Qiraji has been praised by you, how can they protect the world?"
This rhetorical question made Dick blink his eyes and he said:
"Qiraji are just "embryos". What kind of group they will become in the future must be cultivated by you. Your Star Soul mother is Supreme Star Soul in the sea of stars. The time to mature is several times longer than that of other Star Soul.
This means you have enough time to get it done.
I also can't directly give a highly destructive mature insect swarm to a "Queen of Blades" who doesn't know how to control them.
That will only lead to disaster.
After all... you are not mature in every aspect."
"Aren't you looking down on people too much?
Anveena was floating in the light with his arms folded, and his face looked exactly like Kael'thas's, full of displeasure.
She felt that she had been underestimated by "Master".
She was born in Sunwell and almost watched the birth and rise of Quel'Thalas. She is also very wise, okay?
"You don't believe it?"
Dick smiled.
Considering that today is a "teaching bureau", Vigilant didn't talk about it. He stretched out his hand, let the unique glow shine between his fingers, and said:
"Hold it and let's try it."
Anveena wanted to prove himself, so he reached out and grasped the light at Dick's fingertips. As the world spun around, the consciousness of Sunwell female ghost was dragged into a strange gray space.
The place is gray and empty, like a lifeless world.
"This is the "War Domain" I opened up in my spirit. The Lightforgeds under my demon will complete "Trial of Virtue" here. During the more than 20,000 years of my sleep, I polished my martial arts and thought about my morality here."
Diakum projected his figure to the other end of the gray space, and he said to Anveena:
"I occasionally bring my close friends to play "War Game" here to pass the time. Unfortunately, not everyone has the talent to command an army. Since you want to see the power of the swarm, let's play War Game!
You control my Shadow Chasing Swarm, which is almost ready to take shape, and I use the Army of the Light combat unit as your imaginary enemy."
He waved his hand, and a projection of Overlord Hive immediately appeared in front of Anveena's eyes, in which all the combat units of the Shadewalker insect swarm were currently arranged.
Worker Bee, flying dragon, springtail, lurker, Warrior Bug, Assassin Bug, stealer, even the king beast that has not yet evolved,
Hive Tyrant, Devourer Tyrant and other units have established their own units, waiting for orders.
The roar of the Overmind bugs echoed in the insect nests filled with bacteria.
It is the core of the base. Once it is destroyed by the enemy, War Game will fail.
Anveena was standing in front of this "sand table". She looked at this insect swarm that was obviously more combat-effective with interest. She tried to give orders to the insect swarm's projection, and then the various bugs began to dance strangely around the insect nest.
Vigilant shaped Army of the Light's combat organization at the other end of the sand table.
Lightforged, Fanatics, Lightforged War Mech, Dawn Vanguard, Light Archon and other real-life units were placed one by one in front of Crystal Tower as the "main base".
A rotating figure of Naaru floats on it, which means that this is where the "spring water" is.
Each side has a standard Burning Legion of nearly five thousand people, forming different functional formations based on their respective ethnic groups.
"Since you are an intern at Queen of Blades, you must first be familiar with the existence logic of the insect swarm."
Dick has his hands behind his back, as if he were a teacher, with a serious expression and a low aura, which symbolizes the dignity of the Arcane Academy, a physical education teacher with thirty years of teaching experience.
He said:
"In a real war, when you deploy an insect swarm on a certain battlefield, the newly born insect nest will be very fragile. You need to first give instructions to the insect swarm to collect biomass, that is, "blood and flesh" and nutrients to start the rapid evolution of the insect swarm.
You are a commander, so for you, clear command ideas and overall view are more important than personal bravery.
This is a "teaching", so I save you the time of "development", so that you can directly control Shadowstalker Bugs that has been upgraded to the "third stage".
According to my assessment, the insect swarm at this stage can easily destroy a mortal nation, provided that as the "Commander" or "Swarm Mind" you can issue the right instructions at the right moment."
Vigilant raised his hand and asked:
"Are you ready?"
"So, do I want to lead the swarm to defeat your Army of the Light?"
Anveena is gearing up and eager to try:
"I think this is easy. After all, your army looks very small."
""Protoss" is like this. It is based on Eredar, so it takes the elite route."
Dick shrugged.
He smiled and waved downward, and the war began on the sand table!
"It's you, Warrior Bug's army! Defeat Vigilant's vanguard!"
Anveena shouted while waving his fist.
A group of brave warrior warriors immediately rushed out along the sand table terrain and faced Lightforged sent by Diakum.
The fighting between the two sides was very real, and there were even cruel scenes of falling to the ground and being devoured.
Sunwell female ghost is not really playing.
While sending warrior earth insects to resist the line, she also sent the fastest flying insects to try to steal the house.
Because of the "battlefield fog", she only knew where Vigilant's base was, but could not know the surrounding terrain.
Therefore, when the flying insects flew halfway, they were ambushed and eliminated by Lightforged War Mech, which could attack the air.
This made Anveena a little confused, especially when a group of fanatics from Vigilant came out from the edge. She was obviously panicked.
She blocked all the teams at hand outside the base in an attempt to defend, and also quietly sent out the most powerful king beast and Devourer Tyrant to act alone, trying to steal the house again.
But unfortunately, this kind of irrational decision-making has no solution in the face of Diakum's step-by-step approach.
Seven minutes later, when her insect nest was exploded by Dawn Vanguard and the Overmind insects were purified by Light Archon with the holy flame,
The king beast and Devourer Tyrant she sent are still being walked around by the opponent's fanatics.
"Ah, I lost."
Anveena sighed somewhat unwillingly.
She could tell that when Diakum won the victory, the military strength consumed was not even one-sixth of the total, and the casualties on her side were much higher.
"Another game? You seem to be getting the hang of it."
Vigilant said slowly:
"The flow of time in the mental space is very slow. We have enough opportunities to practice. I will change the projection of a real map. Well, let's use the terrain of Antoran Wastes."
"Okay!"
Taiyang Binnvgui reviewed the game a little, and she felt that she was a little impatient just now, and she would definitely win this round.
Then, this time she lost even more miserably.
Because she has never been to Antoran Wastes, but Diakum has fought there and knows the terrain there well.
While her insect swarm was still entangled by "wild monsters" in Fel Rift, Lightforged War Mech from Vigilant parachuted to the entrance of her base.
"Not fair!"
she screamed:
"Why not use the terrain I am familiar with? Use the terrain of Quel'Thalas!"
"I can directly use the terrain of Silvermoon City to disperse the fog of war and fight a brutal street battle with you."
Diakum changed the terrain smoothly, allowing the exquisite Silvermoon City to stand on the sand table.
This time Anveena's swarm defends, while Army of the Light takes charge of the offense.
Vigilant changed his playing style. He no longer used "Rush Style" to attack, but showed off his micro skills.
The two sides fought against each other, and the generals fought in every square and dark alley of Silvermoon City. Vigilant's instructions were directly issued to Lightforged at the grassroots level, making his army completely "alive".
Every team of minions is showing off their moves like crazy, but Anveena is just overloading their brains.
She also issued instructions to each team of bugs, but the "single-core computing power" was obviously not enough, so the sun and the female ghost were in a hurry and could only watch as their bugs were eaten one by one by the other party.
She even saw those Lightforgeds attacking her position in a "three-three system", and the heavy firepower bombardment tactics of the assembled Lightforged War Mechs blew her king beast to death in the corner of the city.
Smoke filled the air, as tragic as a real war. When the proud Lightforgeds stepped onto the insect nest high ground, stepping on the corpses of the swarms of insects on the ground, Anveena despaired.
"This must be because the "Protoss" in your mouth is an elite one!"
Taiyang Bingui rubbed her forehead and said unwillingly:
"These are obviously your mother clan, so it's understandable that they are designed to look more like supermodels."
"Oh?"
Vigilant saw that his apprentice was still being stubborn, so he stretched out his hand and rotated, switching the two camps. It was still Silvermoon City, but this time he controlled the insect swarm, while Anveena controlled Army of the Light.
War resumes.
Anveena, a clever girl, followed Dick's previous winning ideas and began to try micro-management, but this time she felt like her Holy Light Warriors were walking into a dangerous quagmire.
There are greedy insect swarms lurking in the darkness of every building. When Lightforged is alone, it will be surrounded by springtails. The mighty Lightforging Mech will also be killed by Warrior Bug alone. Even the powerful Light Archon kills all the insects and rushes to the high ground. What greets it is the siege of king beasts and large flying dragons.
"Protoss"'s disadvantage of having a small number of people was fully exposed at this moment. After the large army was wiped out, Diakum also used the super classic "Mutalisk Rush" tactic to blast away the Crystal Tower, leaving Naaru to collapse in tragedy.
After this round, Anveena completely lost its highlight.
After all, she is a child with a pretty good personality.
She realized what Vigilant meant when he said that mature insect swarms could not be given to her to command. She, an intern Queen of Blades, really did not have the ability to command such an army.
"It's too difficult."
Anveena sighed and said:
"This kind of big Burning Legion battle is too stressful. I may have to learn it from scratch."
"Well, you do have to start with the most basic command courses and war training. For this reason, I have prepared a simpler mode for you."
Diakum waved his hand, and the field on the sand table suddenly changed, turning into the terrain of Elwynn Forest, and four commanders Lothar, Orgrim, Malfurion and Baratheon appeared in front of Anveena.
Vigilant said:
"Humans, Orcs, elves and undead, we will use the small-scale conflicts that occurred in Azeroth as a model for you to conduct war training.
Just choose any commander.
I have equipped each of these four tribes with different troop combinations and classic tactics. Such conflicts are often limited to a hundred people, which is more suitable for novices like you."
He reminded Anveena:
"As the guardian of Star Soul Lord, all races of Azeroth are the guardians you can mobilize in the future,
You also need to be familiar with their tactics."
"I can understand the first three, but why do the undead also appear?"
Anveena idi said:
"Isn't that the creation of Death Force?"
"Azeroth will eventually have his own undead, it's just a matter of time."
Diakum put his hands on the edge of the sand table and whispered:
"You have to consider the worst case scenario. If everyone in this world dies... will you give up resistance? Or will you command their corpses and continue to fight the invaders to the end?"
"Hiss"
Anveena took a breath of air.
My "master" always says these shocking things inadvertently.
She tried hard to temporarily forget about this terrible "setting", and then started to check the attributes of the four commanders and their respective arms with great interest. After hesitating for a long time, she said:
"Why is there no High Elf pinch..."
"Well, I integrated them into the Human Empire."
Dick said:
"If you want, you can also replace Lothar with Dath'Remar Sunstrider, but the optional heroes are different.
The arms below are all the same."
"Okay, I want to control Dath'Remar Sunstrider."
Anveena waved his hand, and Dath'Remar Sunstrider holding Flame Strike appeared in Northshire Abbey. A group of armed militiamen looked at Sun King stupidly, waiting for orders.
"You have to learn to operate in simple mode."
Dick explained:
"There is a gold mine nearby that farmers can dig to collect resources for you. Stonemasons' Brotherhood is responsible for building functional buildings for you. In Northshire Abbey's resurrection hall, Archbishop Faol is there to resurrect heroes for you.
Of course, this is for your convenience.
In real war, if the commander dies, the next commander will take over.
Do you understand?"
", I'll try."
Anveena started to manipulate the farmer to dig a hole, but she had a second thought and said to Vigilant:
"You can't be my opponent, you are too powerful! You are Eredar's strongest commander. I want to follow the trend of history! Let Orgrim Doomhammer follow Horde's offensive."
"If you can't beat PVP, why don't you start playing PVE? What a childish approach."
Vigilant shrugged, took his hands off the keyboard, and let Anveena enter "AI Mode" to try to regain his confidence, but the problem is that the "human machines" here at Diakum are all "crazy human machines" according to historical records.
The result was that Anveena had just clumsily opened the second mine on Goldshire, and Wolf Rider and Big G from Orgrim's side, under the cover of the dragon cavalry, rushed over and lifted her up.
"No such thing! Damn!"
Seeing that Dath'Remar Sunstrider, under his own control, was extremely humiliated and was surrounded and killed by a group of Orcs Warrior, Sunwell female ghost became furious.
This is not the Sunstrider she remembers!
Why don't you step on the horse and support me!
Use your Flame Strike to chop all these Orcs to death. Are you serious about that exaggerated scream when you fell to the ground?
She even wanted to turn over the table, but finally calmed down.
She realized that she really didn't have much commanding ability, but Diakum was right, World Mother could afford to wait, so she could continue to practice.
"Let's go challenge it next."
Dick looked at his hands behind his back and said to his apprentice:
"Relying on Star Soul Lord's connection with the life of the world, you can choose outstanding souls among mortals in Dream of All Beings to have War Game with you.
After you achieve 99 victories, I will give you Overmind insect eggs from Shadow Chasing Swarm. In the tunnel under Ruins of Ahn'Qiraj, you can start cultivating an insect swarm belonging to you and Azeroth Lord.
But let me remind you, Anveena, War Game are just exercises!
There are more issues to consider in real wars, and you should probably go to those war sites to see for yourself or even participate in them."
", I understand."
Anveena nodded.
When she left Diakum's spiritual space, this whole set of War Game's shaping techniques was taught to her,
Anveena glanced at Qiraji Great Divide, who was not paying attention, and she waved her fist fiercely.
She vowed that one day, she would become a qualified "Queen of Blades".
Of course, now she has to start as an "intern". Her next goal is to be promoted to "Stubborn Bronze" first.
Broken Isles, Nar'thalas City.
Anduin Lothar is preparing for tomorrow's leadership meeting. Black Crow King invited him to speak on behalf of humanity. This is a very important diplomatic matter, so Lothar is lying in front of the elf-style desk writing and drawing, preparing a speech.
As I was writing this, my vision suddenly went dark.
Lothar opened his eyes and found that he was back in Elwynn Forest, with a group of armed farmers beside him looking at him stupidly.
"What... what's going on?"
The human marshal had a look on his face, and then heard a majestic voice coming from his ear:
"This is the war trial of "World Heart", Anduin Lothar. As Saviors, you must always maintain your sensitivity to war to resist dangers that may come at any time.
Come on!
Lead your army to resist the threat from Orcs."
"What?"
Lothar was stunned for a moment, and then the rules of War Game were stuffed into his mind.
The marshal spent a few minutes familiarizing himself with the rules, and then looked at the types of troops he could use.
"Iron Horse Knights, Army of the Light, dwarf musketeers, Steam Tank, High Elf's Dragonhawk Rider and Priest, Dalaran's casters can all be mobilized by me? Can I even summon strong men to help at the Hero Altar?
Although there are restrictions on the economy, buildings, and population,...:. Isn't this a casual attack?"
The marshal blinked, clapped his hands and said:
"This is much more generous than the conditions we had when we defended Stormwind. Why did World Heart give me such a simple trial?
Forget it, forget it, finish typing quickly and go write the speech."
Anveena, who was hiding behind the scenes, was a little stunned when he heard Lothar talking to himself.
She gritted her teeth and controlled the silly Orgrim Doomhammer in her hand, vowing to make the arrogant Lothar look good!